Launching October 3rd, Braaains's three-part mini-series, You’re Not Alone: Navigating Life with Mental Illness, explores mental illness, the barriers that can block your journey to good mental health, and how stigmas, diagnoses, and disclosure are represented on film and television. It's out October 3 - 5 for Mental Illness Awareness Week 2023.

See more here: https://braaainspodcast.com/miaw2023

Episode One: How Stigma Hurts Everyone

RELEASE DATE: Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Interviewee: Amie Archibald-Varley, Nurse, Health Equity Specialist, and co-host of the Gritty Nurse Podcast

Amie Archibald-Varley, Nurse, Health Equity Specialist, and co-host of the Gritty Nurse Podcast joins us to talk about stigma, where it comes from, and how it leads to discrimination. This episode will inform you on how to prevent and address stigmas as well as be a good ally.

Episode Two: The Journey to Diagnosis

RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Interviewee: Dr. Lily Le, Registered Psychologist & Director of Clinical Innovation at DiveThru

Dr. Lily Le, a registered psychologist and Director of Clinical Innovation at the mental health tech company, DiveThru, discusses how to take the next step when you need help with a mental illness or are looking to improve your mental health. We also get advice on what to do when it’s difficult to see a therapist due to affordability or long wait times and the importance of having a support system in place.

Episode Three: When and How to Disclose

RELEASE DATE: Thursday, October 5, 2023

Interviewee: Stephanie Fornasier, psychologist and host of Psychocinematic

Steph is a psychologist and host of the Psychocinematic podcast who currently working in Disability Inclusion in schools in Naarm (Melbourne) and has her own mental illness lived experience. Steph joins us to discuss how you approach disclosure, concerns around discrimination about disclosure and how to address it, and why some people incorporate their mental illness or disability into their identity after disclosure.